Guardian Music — Do you know your grindcore from your hair metal? What is shredding - and can it be dangerous? And how many types of doom are there? Tim Jonze has all the answersFor those fond of middle-aged men in short trousers belting out double entendres, there i... more info

Guardian Music — Feast your ears on some delta blues from Mogwai, Arab music from Radiohead, camp pop from Perez Hilton and, er, safe-sex anthems from StereophonicsThanks to Spotify, sharing a playlist is now so easy even a pop star can do it. A quick glance across t... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Former Television (current Rocket from the Tombs and frequent Matthew Sweet) guitarist Richard Lloyd and his band The Sufimonkeys will be touring this month [April] and next - dates below. The Sufimonkeys features Television drummer Billy Ficca and b... more info

Star Online, Malaysia — An America-Chinese composer offers an exotic melding of Javanese and classical Indian music – with a few hidden licks from Jimi Hendrix! more info

JamBase — WE LIGHT A CANDLE TO AN UNDER-SUNG MODERN GUITAR COWBOY Tomorrow is Mike McCready's 43rd birthday, and we're damn glad he's around. The Pearl Jam guitarist is a modern descendent of Hendrix, immersed in feel emboldened by technical flash with a das... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — RENTON, Wash. -- The tiny, 900-square-foot house where Jimi Hendrix lived from ages 10 to 13 and first showed his love for music, was demolished last week. more info

MTV.com News — Rapper can't imagine hitting the stage without late DJ Jam Master Jay.By Jayson Rodriguez Run-DMC in the early 1980s Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Images Run-DMC are set to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this weekend... more info

All About Jazz — Recording features 14 tracks, including cover of Dylan song Tears of Rage. A home recording by Jimi Hendrix, which its owners said showed the 1960s rock icons softer side, will be auctioned next month and is expected to fetch between $70,000 and $... more info

NME — Preservationists fail to save legendary guitarist's Seattle house more info

All About Jazz — Despite an eight-year, $100,000-plus effort by a Seattle real-estate investor, the house where Jimi Hendrix lived as a child in Seattle is gone. A home where Jimi Hendrix lived was moved to Hi-Land Mobile Manor in Renton by its owner, Pete Sikov. ... more info